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We All are Europe - AESAEC

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Civil Society<br />

Coherence<br />

Cohesion<br />

Contractor<br />

Council of the <strong>Europe</strong>an Union<br />

Cross-fertilisation<br />

Cultural diversity<br />

Dissemination<br />

EACEA<br />

EC<br />

Eligibility<br />

Eligibility period<br />

Enlargement<br />

Euro<br />

<strong>Europe</strong>an added value<br />

<strong>Europe</strong> for Citizens programme<br />

<strong>Europe</strong>an Commission (EC)<br />

Civil society is composed of the totality of voluntary civic and social organisations<br />

and institutions that form the basis of a functioning society as opposed<br />

to the state-held power structures (regardless of that state's political<br />

system) and commercial institutions of the market. Civil society refers to<br />

the <strong>are</strong>na of uncoerced collective action around sh<strong>are</strong>d interests, purposes<br />

and values.<br />

In linguistic terms the logical organisation of textual content.<br />

In linguistic terms the grammatical structure of a language.<br />

beneficiary<br />

The Council of the <strong>Europe</strong>an Union (Council of Ministers or just the<br />

Council) is the principal decision-making institution of the EU. It is<br />

composed of twenty-seven national ministers (one per state).<br />

In project management this means the achievement of objectives and aims<br />

through different and complementary actions carried out by different types<br />

of organisations and / or stakeholders.<br />

Cultural diversity is the variety of human societies or cultures in a specific<br />

region or in the world as a whole. As well as the more obvious cultural<br />

differences that exist between people (such as language, dress and traditions),<br />

there <strong>are</strong> also significant variations in the way societies organise<br />

themselves, in their sh<strong>are</strong>d conception of morality and values, and in the<br />

ways they interact with their environment etc.<br />

Public relation work in connection with a project and its developments /<br />

results, with the general aim to inform and reach as many stakeholders,<br />

key <strong>are</strong>as, organisations or citizens as possible. (see also exploitation,<br />

impact, valorisation).<br />

The Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency is a public body<br />

responsible for the operative implementation of various EU funds, such as<br />

<strong>Europe</strong> for Citizens, the Lifelong Learning programme etc.<br />

<strong>Europe</strong>an Commission<br />

Conditions that must be met in order to participate in an EU programme,<br />

e.g. participating country, target group or sector of project, status of applicant<br />

organisation etc.<br />

This is the time period during which expenses can be incurred and paid for<br />

by a grant.<br />

Act of adopting new countries into the <strong>Europe</strong>an Community and EU.<br />

The Euro (€) is the official currency of 16 of the 27 member states of the<br />

EU. The states, known collectively as the Eurozone, <strong>are</strong> Austria, Belgium,<br />

Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,<br />

Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain.<br />

Means the results of the synergy which emerges from <strong>Europe</strong>an cooperation<br />

and which constitutes a distinctive <strong>Europe</strong>an dimension in addition to actions<br />

and policies at the member state level.<br />

EU Programme through which citizens have the opportunity to be<br />

involved in transnational exchanges and cooperation activities, contributing<br />

to developing a sense of belonging to common <strong>Europe</strong>an ideals and<br />

encouraging the process of <strong>Europe</strong>an integration.<br />

The <strong>Europe</strong>an Commission (formally the Commission of the <strong>Europe</strong>an<br />

Communities) is the executive branch of the EU. The body is responsible<br />

for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the Union's<br />

treaties and the general day-to-day running of the Union.<br />

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